Hello,
I know the BinaxNow COVID-19 Home Proctored test is accepted for return to the US. Can any confirm if Delta accepts this test for entrance into Italy? I've contacted Delta directly several times and can't get a definite answer and there seems to be a bit of hesitation on other threads on this forum. Any help would be much appreciated!
Beginning on August 31 and valid until October 25, 2021, travelers from the United States may enter Italy if they present a negative molecular PCR or rapid antigen test result carried out within 72 hours of arrival AND one of the following:
An Anti-COVID 19 vaccination certificate for an European Medicines Agency (EMA)-recognized vaccine. At present, EMA recognizes the following vaccines: Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson, and AstraZeneca. The date of the final vaccine dose must be at least 14 days prior to travel. Travelers vaccinated in the United States can prove this via the “white card” bearing the CDC logo.
A medical certificate confirming recovery from COVID dated no more than six months before departure.
https://it.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/
If your trip is after Oct 25, what rules that may apply is ....?
Maybe this is an apples vs. oranges answer, or maybe just comparing 2 different kinds of apples, but we’re in Italy right now, halfway thru a 5 week trip. Although we flew American Airlines (say that’s an apple), and not Delta (an orange, or a different apple species???), American had us load all our data - vaccination record, digital Italian Passenger Locator form, and pre-flight negative test into the VeriFLY app. With their access to VeriFLY, American had all our qualifications on file, via VeriFLY, before we ever got to the airport to fly to Italy.
Does Delta have an app, or are they expecting you to show up with paper or separate electronic copies of everything? Abbott Binax gives you an e-mail with your test results. They’re a mainstream test source, and if they’re not the leader in pre-flight tests for Americans, they must certainly be among the trusted test sources. My CDC pass (I’ve called it my “white pass” every time I’m asked by an Italian to show my Green Pass has been universally accepted. With a legitimate negative test, Delta must be as accepting of your test results as Italy has been of the CDC card. Delta just has to accept your Binax results, they just have to. No worries- have a great trip.
Cyn, I think you are conflating CDC card acceptance with test results. One has to do with proof of vaccination. The other has to do with accepted reliable COVID test results. However I do agree that there should be no problem with the proctored BinaxNow test results. Even the cruise lines (which are extremely fussy) are accepting the proctored home tests.
Thank you all for your responses! I feel fairly confident they should work, I just don't want to miss my flight over something avoidable.
Delta doesn't have an app like VeriFly unfortunately. They are testing a similar app but only to certain destinations, Greece and Iceland I believe.
The paperwork is all related, with airlines currently requiring it for admission onto their flight to Italy. I’m aware that different documents reflect specific information. Still, just as the CDC card is accepted in Italy for vaccination verification, despite some doubts from locals that it’s as “official” or suitable than Italy’s “more official-looking” QR code on their Green Pass mobile phone display, then for confirmation of being infection-free, the Binax test would be as acceptable to Delta, acting on behalf of the Italian authorities who want only recently negative-testing Americans arriving in their country.
We bought the Binax tests through Delta’s website and just flew to Italy last week with the results on Delta. You are good to go with these on Delta.
@april Yes, I went through the Delta site and clicked on at home antigen tests. The site took me to Binax Now Covid ag test, so I am understanding this is acceptable. I will be flying out the first week of November.
Awesome, thank you both! That’s exactly what I was hoping to hear!
In an e-mail a few days before departure on an early September Frankfurt to Atlanta flight, Delta offered the Verifly website as an option for uploading my negative test. "Just show the Delta agent your Verifly confirmation, and you'll be on your way" (or something like that). I showed the ticket agent in Frankfurt my Verifly confirmation. She looked at me like I had two heads, wouldn't accept the Verifly confirmation, and wanted to see a hard copy of my test result. Happily, I had a copy with my other travel documents.
FYI, on Friday I entered Italy at Pisa Airport after two weeks in Ireland and no test needed. I know some people had questions about entering Italy from another EU country. So for anyone who will have spent two weeks prior in the EU (excluding the UK), in most cases you probably will enter as any other EU traveler and not need the test.
RE trains. They Checked my CDC Vax card when I bought the ticket and in the train when they
scanned the tickets. I have a picture of the card on my phone and that seems good enough for many situations.
For those heading to Cinque Terre, no currency accepted for the local bus services. An App called DropTicket must be downloaded and tickets bought online and displayed on the phone to bus driver.
Great news here in Italy.... The one week covid positive rate is now 29 per 100,000 versus 198 per 100,000 in the USA. That said the US has dropped from a peak of around 350 in September. It's now safely under the two week rate of 500 which triggered the EU to drop the USA from the so called safe list. That plus the fact that reciprocity will now be extended to European travelers could possibly lead to a positive decision when Italy reviews things for Oct. 25 forward.
